Fuel-magazine.



A. 0. STRICKLAND'.

FUEL MAGAZINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 16. I918. 1,298,190

Patented Apr. 1, 1919.

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FUEL-MAGAZINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 16, 1918. Serial No. 234,999.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ARoHIE 0. Simon- LAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Winfield, in the county of Cowley and State of Kansas, have invented certaln new and useful Improvements in Fuel- Magazines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the 1nvention, such as will enable others skilled 1n the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to cooking ranges, and it relates more particularly to a fuel magazine for attachment to a stoveor range.

One of the objects of this'invention 1s to provide for the attainment of greater economy and convenience in the feeding of fuel to a stove or range of ordinary construction;

Another object is to provide a fuel drylng or seasoning means whereby green or wet wood may be prepared for burning after being placed in position to be burned when prepared, and in position to be automatically fed through a double pot-hole into the ordinary fire box of the range;

Another object is to provide a fuel chamber or magazine of such size and shape with relation to the size and shape of the lidreceiving depression around the double pothole in the top of the range that 1t may be seated in and extended beyond said depression so asto utilize a portion of the top of the range for holding the wood within the magazine until it has become seasoned sufficiently to be burned;

Another object isto provide a device of this character which is strong, durable, and of such simple construction that it may be made at a minimum cost; and

Another object is to provide a magazine of this character which can be secure y but removably attached to any cooking stove or range of ordinary construction;

Other objects and advantages may become apparent to persons who read the following detailsof construction in connection with the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 is an end elevation of my improved fuel magazine attached to a stove, only a portion of the latter being shown;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical, central sectional view;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view, the parts being broken away 'and'in section; and

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view along the lines 44: of Figs. 2 and 3. v

Referring to these drawings in detail, in which similar reference characters correspond with similar parts throughout the several views, the stove or range indicated at 5 is not described in detail, except to call attention to the opening orjdouble pot-hole 6 which communicates with the fire boX, and the depressed shoulder 7 which surrounds said opening at its margin. This double pot-hole has straight sides and semicircular ends. I

My improved fuel magazine comprises a chamber or hollow body 8 which is bottomless or has an open lower end.

The lower end is preferably wired at 9, so as to provide the greatest necessary rigidity, and this lower end is formed with depending elements 10 which are adapted to be seated on the straight portion of the depressed shoulder 7 while the ends 11 rest upon the top of the ran' e exteriorly of the depression '7. It will be seen, by reference to Fig. 3, that the length of the receptacle or chamber 8 is considerably greater than that of the opening 6, so as to provide shelves at opposite ends of the chamber, and upon these shelves the piece or pieces of wood may rest within the chamber until they have become sufficiently seasoned to be burned. The dependin elements 10 are approximately as long as the straight part of the shoulder 7, and the curved or semicircular ends of the double pot-hole combine with the depending elements 10 to prevent movement of the repleptacle longitudinally of the double potole. 1

In order that the wood may be placed within the chamber 8 without removing the latter from the stove or range, I provide an opening which extends approximately from end to end of the chamber, and this opening is normally closed by means of a door or closure 12, hinged at 13, and provided with a handle 14 whereby it may be swung upon its hinge or hinges. The upper end portions of chamber 8 are preferably semi-cylindrical and provided with reinforcing and supporting strips 15 which are also of semi-cylindrical form, and the semi-cylindrical closure 12 normally rests upon these supporting strips 15. Because of the entire upper portion of my improved fuel magazine being semi-cylindrical or convexed, it has the maximum strength consistent with lightness, and is less likely to become distorted by the heat than if it-were shaped otherwise.

For the purpose of reinovably securing this fuel magazine to the top of the stove or range, I provide a depending hook or L- shaped looking member 16 and a depending hook or locking member 17, The securing or looking member 16 may be permanently fiied tothe chamber-'8 by any appropriate means, while member 17 may be either movablyseeure'd'tothe chambers or be formed of s'prin 'gy-material, so that, it may be flexed into and eat ofengagement with the stove or'ra'nge. For-the p r ose f movin or flexing the elen'i'ent 17-, I provide a push button or manipulative element 18 whereby the s ringsee'uring orlOckirIg element 17 may be moved iii-ward, and when thus moved, the magazine is unloekedand may be-tiltedforward so 1 as to disengage the rear'part thereof from the stove or range and then the magazi-ne may Joemet're'd slightly rearward so as m dis-engage the front portion.

From, the foregoing, it is believed that the m nner of a plyingand removing this magazine is obvious, anditWill be seenthat a piece of wood or fuel which. is too large or longt'o be placed directly within the fire box of the range maybe fir'st placed within the magazine and supported on the shelves at, the ends of the latter. When apiece of fuelgis thus supported in-the magazine, ass'umi'ng-th'at there is affire'in the firebox, this relatively large piece of fuel first becomes thoroughly seasoned "and somewhat reduced by shrinkage, and then begins to burn and thus becomes further reduced in size, and "finally, its size is sufficiently reduced to allow it to pass by gravity into the fire box.

It will'thus be seen that a great saving of labor is accomplished by eliminating the necessity for cutting or splitting pieces of wood that are s'ufficientlysma'll to enter the magazine, but which are too large to enter the fire box of the stove or range; also, that a. great saving of fuel is effected, because of scope of the inventive idea disclosed in the foregoing description and appended-claim.

What I claim as my invention is:

In an attachment for a stove which has in its top adouble pot-hole having straight sides and semicircular ends, said top having a depressed lid supporting shoulder surrounding said doublepot-hole; a fuel ohamher having an open lower endo-f greater length than saidpot-hole whereby theextremities of said lower end rest upon the stove top, said lower end being'also provided with straight depending elements adapted to drop into and be supported by said depressed shoulder, said straight depending elements of said fuel chamber being of-a length approximately equalto the length of the straight sides of the double pot-hole,

whereby the ends of said straight depending elements coact with the semicircular ends of the double pot-hole to. prevent shifting of the receptacle longitudinallygofthe double pot-hole, and means carried? by the=lower part of the fuelchamber and adapted to extend through the pot-hole and engage with the under side of the stove top, to; prevent tilting of the chamber. i i

In testimony whereof I have'hereuntoset my hand in the presence of, two subscribing witnesses.

ARCHIE O. 'STRICKLAND Witnesses:

G. D. CHAsE, O. O. LACY.

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